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-• * jSMP' '&V?, .V*ife'>'-:; "• •-'•Sftrfi *•- •*.• * : "-V :.K ;/•• ' . -;=C:"' *S»S iBtV i?iw K \/*vn -V ***>»:•'• ' TBS MHBHKY FLAINDKALKR. THURSDAY, *SB. 9 THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Published mry Thursday at McHenry, 111., by Charles F. Benicfc. ' ^ J ^ ' M. Sjt^f " Entered as second-class mattsr at the postoffice at McHenry, I1L, under tk» set of May 8, 1879. " ..» 0'>l. ' . i**,,.. iii ' • »" njiiji if'1!!!!iiil •!<$*. Classified Column Sabeertptkw Bates (hie Year Six Months > .iV* I.ijl; B! "Hi'1 » *» •• • • . • * • « •$ 2 . 0 0 > • * **• • • * • » • i • • » • $1.00 »f•»«»»»»» > »»»»• FOR SALE » > > l » » M H M I I I [.*' . ' ' vs* • • • RESULTS! A. H. MOSHER, Editor and Manager igiiiiifiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiimiiiia COOLIDGE WILL NOT I Mews Brevities | I o| Illinois | nftiifViifiiiiiiiiitiititiiHiiiiitiiniiiiiHituT m-a* » ; • » K e v . K . B . O u t l i n e h a s r e s i g n e d .1* from the pastorate of Westminster ' Presbyterian church ofr Sock ford to |; ae< >;pt a call fronj a church at Murp physborO, !- Mrs. Milude Humphries of Glen ElfK lyn and Mrs. Grace, Gregory of Whear ; were appointed deputy sheriffs of JDuPajie county bySherttT.Lawrench . Hattendort.. •'••'•>. ' •'/ •> » ;• \/>ollowiikg a' conference between fT>an vil'Ie hankers ail&' M. A: Graefrtigpf S <of Chicago, secretary of the tlllnoi.s Ran leers' association. the stute couvenf v'jloh in Danville this summer was Se* tor June 23 and 24. . State Commander "Carter M, Smith ojf the Disabled American Veteran#of the World War issued a statement org!n? all former service men wli-» hljve been drawing compensation fo, tuHerculosis to report at the Veteran^ bureau. 111 North Canal street, Chiea- -go, for examination and rerating under the new regulation issued January 22, entitling them to a,minimum ccsn pens-ation of SW per month, whether hospitalized or not. FOR SALE OR RENT--Farm of 70 acres, all prairie land and good buildings. Inquire of F(ank May. Phone 487, Richmond. 35-4 -- * -- FORoSALE--Seven horses. 'Edmund Knox. Phone 67-J or 630-M-l 35-3"" FOR SALE--About 15 tons of timoIn/ nUNl^PrFcRn WWIlTlHn fUiAMLLkEkS!lt.h^y ; an(1 alfalfa h«y JosePh Smith' R s McHenry. Phone 643-M-l. 353* i©. Kent & Company Can sell that house! Can rent that flat! Can find a buyer for tliat land! 18-t£ FOB RENT FARM FOR RENT--108 acres, address, E. C. Barnard, Crystal Lake, 111. 35-4 President Reject9 Proposed for Personal Talk at the Border. FOR RENT--Store location in Centerville business district. Electric light, gas, water, etc. Inquire of Roy Kent, McHenry. Phone 8. 35 USED CARS FOR SALE A real good Ford touring car; good tires and in gootJ mechanical Con- ' . • dition; newly painted; very reasonably FOR RENT 220 acre farm for rent, priced. n 2% miles west of McHenry, 1-4 mile A good three-quarter ton Dodge ^rom school. Large comparatively Washington.--President Coolldge re- express truck; tires are very good, new house. Large barn for tested Jected the proposal of Senator Robin- This truck is an excellent buy arid herd- Large orchard. Two good son of Arkansas. Democratic leader, will render a lot of economical wells. Good plowland and pasture, that he go to the border to meet Presi-i service. and plenty of wood furnished for fuel, dent Calles of Mexico in an effort -o 1926 Dodge Tyife-A Sedan. Car |^,e J^?dstock 44° i or,wr T 1 1^e *Lrs- Smooth over the present differences. ; looks like new and is in A-l mechan- P^l Dickinson, Woodstock, 111. 33^3 Shipment of aircraft, either military j ical condition; good tires. Man& people have mistaken this car for a new one in the show room. or nonmllitary, to Mexico was prohibited In an order issued to customs collector^-- unless the shippers have a special export license from the State department. Previously nonmilitary aircraft were exported with license. MISCELLANEOUS '.Speaker Slioles named the following *chuirmen of house committees: Agriculture. Charles M. Turner. WVnomi: appropriations. 'Thomas C'u:ran. Chicago; banks, banking and building and loan associations. Michael R. Dur po. Chicago; charities and corrections. Kd V. Petri. Relleville; civil service. .Tolin Robert Moore. Kewanee; congressional apjwrtionment. <"harles K. Mitrinier. Chicago; contingent expenses, Hugh M. Luckey. Potomac; edu-:ition. William F. AVeiss, Wauke gan; efficiency and economy, 1*. Itew. Harrisburg: elections. Abraham L. Stanfield, Paris; Enrolling and engrossing. Peter S. Krump. Chicago ;• ^farni drainage. Henry C. Allen. Lyndon ; fish and game, James A. Reeves. Ohnninnign; industrial affairs. W. t\ Chynoneth, Decatur; insurance, (i. J. Johnson. Paxton: .hnliciai apportioninent. Frank A. McCarthy, Klgin; judi- \ rial department and practice. Elmer J. rx % Schnackenberg. Chicago ; judiciary, David I. Swiinson.' Chicago; license " 'and miscellany. Leroy M. (Jreene, .Rockford; military affilrs. John M. Peffers, Aurora; motor vehicles and traffic regulations, Itollo R. Robbins, Augusta; municipalities, Sydney Ly>m Ciiicago; public utilities and transportation, R. G. Soderstrom. Streator; lights of the minority, Michael L. Igoe. Chicago; revenue, A. L. Hutson, Col- "fax ; roads and bridges. A. Otis Arnold. Quincy; rules, tiie speaker; sehatorlal apportionment, Ralph H. Hoar, Elgin; fo visit charitable institutions. James H Foster, Maconfb: to visit educationlU institutions, H. D. Sparks, Shelbyville; to visit penal institutions, Robtett Whitely. Carlhiville: uniform laws. ,<3arl Choisser, Renton; waterways. Frederick J. Blppus, Chicago; Republican floor leader and chairman of the rteering committee, Itet d Cutler, Lew- ' '"jlltown. •; , Senate committee chairmen are as 4 fsllows; Agriculture, Simon E. I^antr.. Congorvllle; appropriations, Richard R. Meents, Ashkum; banks, Jolm R Hamilton, Mattoon: waterways. Her- X, Jban J Haeniscb, rbicago ; charitable. lijf- i' !^enal and reform institutions, <>eorge 1(. Reynolds, Utica; civil service, James R. I^earnoflo. Chicago; comnm- »v iiity welfare, Rodney B. Swith. High- ^ > .pliind Park; contingent expense, Ran- 4<>lph Royd, <Jalva; corporation and ^industrial affairs. Arthur A. Huebsch. ,C ! Brooktieljl; county and township organization, Xoniimi (i. Flags:. Moro: _ ri - ^criminal procedure, Albert H. Rqbert*. Chicago: drainage. Jesse L. r>eck, Decatur; education. Andrew S. Cuthbert- Son. Bunker Hill: efficiency and economy. Joseph L. M^yefs. Sciota Mills; ' elections, John T. Joyce. Chicago; en- .rolling and typing. Theodore R. Steinl^ rt, Chicago; executive. Willianf S. . Jewell. Lewistown; fees and salaries . E. J. AM, Fast St. Ixiuis: fish and Jjgaine, Earl R. Searcy, Springfield: har- "•fcors, Harry W. Starr: highway trans- - fortation. Henry M. I'unlap, Savoy; iisuranee, Harold YCessinger, Anroni: Judiciary. John Da .'ley, Peoria: judi- ' cial department and practice, .lame* JL Forrester. Taylorville; licrnse, Adolpli Marks, Chicago; military aftfairs, John S. Brown, Monmouth^ v,.','."'-|nines, William J. Sneed, Herrin; muaicipalltles, James .T. Barbour, Chlca- Mexlco City.--"Roman Catholic clergy, J^-om Archbishop Mora del Rio to the most" obscure priest, will remain In Mexico administering to the spiritual needs of the people unless and until they are forcibly expelled." This etnphatic statement was made by the archbishop himself as he commented vigorously upon the report in the Mexico City papers alleging that certain clerics are planning to "voluntarily" leave "the republic and take up their residences In tbe United States and elsewhere. Chevrolet Landau Sedan, completely TO EXCHANQE--Good 80-acre farm equipped. Car looks as if it had never 1% miles south of Fountain, Mich., been jun. This car can1 be bought at for town property or. a fe^ acres ada good saving. joining town. W. H. VanNatta, Foun- 1922 Dojlge Touring; looks very tain, Mich. Route 1, Box 136. 33-2* good and runs better. Can be made powerful Anglo-American petroleum Interests is said to be the message Claude fFinance Minister Pani will carry to the United States. If petroleum Interests insist on curtailing operations Mexico will be unable to meet her In- Mexfco City.--Federal W»t«a rebels In a ninety-minute battle In Zacatecas, killing seven and capturing the rebel leader, Pedro Sandoval, the war department reported. into an excellent truck. 1924 Dodge Touring, with a complete Rex winter top; good tires and an excellent buy. 1923 Dodge % Screen Truck j very reasonably priced. 1925 Ford Roadster, with a truck box; 6 cord tires and in good running order. JAMES MORROW & SON Phone 186 . West McHenry FOR SALE--One pedigreed and registered Boston Terrier puppy, 10 mopths old; button tail, brindle and WANTED--Girl for general housewhite markings. Mrs. Edw *E. Hendee work. Phone McHenry 608-J-2. 35 Round Lake, 111. Phone 36-M 34-3 ---- -----; WANTED--Farms of all sizes and When you see a ^^etlltJlilt&f^ parson umpiring a Sunday baseball game between the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of Columbus for the benefit of Jewish Charities you will know for certain that "God's in His Heaven-- and all's right with the world." When we look at the upper part of a girl who is dressed for the street on a cold day and then at the lower part of her we think that her father must be an Eskimo and her mother a South Sea Islander aiid that she has inherited her tastes about egualty from both sides of the family. !'V" MACHINERY OVERHAULING -- Am prepared to do overhauling of autos, tractors and other machinery, i size, Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone j Drunker (fl3-R-2. Wm. Buchert. ' 31 -131 should be so shrinking, The men were a-setting around the stove down at Hi Price's store a-Saturday night a-talking o' this an' that an' finally Tite Wadd says, "I see the gov'ment's a-going to reduce the size o' the dollar bill," says he, "to about two-thirds of its present size," he says. "First it got smaller in values an' now it's a-going to be smaller in says he. "Well," WU1 B. says, "I don't see why it says he, "I never seen one that were anything NEW DESIGNS IN WALL PAPER |like a violet>» he says. --Now is the time to make your selections and arrange for datings. Also painting and other interior decorating. W. P. Brooks, southwest corner Green and Peart Sts., McHenry. 26tf WANTED A hick town is one the most of whose inhabitants still go to the depot on Sunday afternoons to see the train come in. FOR SALE--Fence posts, 5% and 6 descriptions for cash or exchange for feet long. Mrs. Joe H. Jus ten, route income property.' We specialize in An agreement between Mexico and j 3, McHenry. 34-tf quick deals. Kent & Company, McHenry. FOR SALE--Alfalfa hay, also silage. Wm. 613-R-2. and timothy BtJchert. Phone 33-2 35 FOR SALE--Choice lots on Center , street in West McHenry, 2 blocks ternational payments, may be one of; from depot Sidewalks, gas, water, liis arguments. electric lights. $500 per lot. F. H. i Wattles, West McHenry. 45-tf. Washington. -- Charges that tbe | Knights of Columbus have sought to ' FOR SALE--House and two lots. Lo- WANTED--Position as working boss on Stock or Dairy farm by experienced married man. By March 1, 1927. References furnished. H. J. Jeanguenat, Round Lake, 111. R. R. 1 . " 34- LOST embroil the United States in a war with Mexico were renewed in the senate hy Senator Heflin of Alabama. cated on John Street. Martin E. Conway. Tel. 130-M. 30-6* LOST--Part of small ear-ring set, Wednesday, Finder call McHenry 35. Reward. . 35 Washington.---With misgivings of Its wisdom expressed by some senators, but with complete unanimity on tbe roll call, the Robinson resolution indorsing arbitration of the controversy with Mexico was adopted by the senate. There were 79 votes *for the resolution and none against it By adopting this resolution tbe sen-» ate went on record aff favoring arbitration of the right of the Mexican government to expropriate the properties of American citizens acquired before the Mexican constitution of 1917 went into effect The Coolldge administration has been proceeding on the theory that the right to confiscate without compensation Is not subject to arbitration, an attitude In line with the refusal to parley with the Russian Soviet government oij Its right to confiscate American properties. The only arbitrable question, according to the administration viewpoint, is the amount of compensation for expropriated properties. COOPER'S SAPONIFIED CRESOL-- For disinfecting barns after TB test- LOST--White Gold Swiss wrist watch, between corner Green and P%arl sts., At last I've figgered out a way that we can make our farmin' pay, we'll make a profit off our land by settin' up a hot-dog stand, out by the road Sary Jane can prepare food for each hungry man, and furnish sandwiches and pop to ev'ry feller that will stop. I'll fix a little stand for her, and when it's done then I'll confer with the wife, and tell her how I've got things planned all out for her, and. what a chance it is to make our pile if she'll just stand out there and smile, and sell 'em buttermilk and tea, she'll sure fall in with my idee! I s'pose two hundred cars a day go traveling along this way. A dollar from each one would be two hundred bucks a day, by gee, and if each only spient a dime the money that we'd mak in time would pay the mortgage that we owe and all our other debts, and so I'l git that stand built right away, I mustn't lose another day. On next Monday, February 7, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ladd of Ringwood will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary and they take this means of extending an invitation to their many friends to call and great them during the afternoon. Basketball The McHenry Knights of Columbus basketball team will play the Woodstock K. C. team, Tuesday evening. Feb. 8, at St. Mary's hall, in Woodstock, the game starting at 7:30 o'clock. J-r- Mr. and Mrs. John R. The editor is in receipt of a card from Mr. and Mrs. John R. Knox dated Jan. 30, at Palm Beach, Fla., which reads: "Came here Tampa; leaving for Miami this p Expect to go to Havana lat«r. in the shade today." Vacation Notice ' My office will-be closed from 19 to April 5. Patients may send broken glasses to American Optical; Co., Box 804, Chicago, and they willrf, receive prompt attention. 35-2. Dr. Chas. R. Treat. * • ' Mi Children's Sboes Due to the feet that the Mayer Shoe Co., no longer manufactures Children's Shoes, we are now handling the Herbst brand. They are just as good and a little lower in price. These are splendid shoes and we advise our customers to try them the next time shoes are neede^Jfote ft#-; lowing-prices: Black Oxfords, sifces 5 to S > • • 85 Black Oxfords, sizes 8^4 fo It .. .......... ?.. -$2.15 Black Oxfords, sizes IIV2 to 2 .......... -$2.75 Patent 1-strap Slipper, fancy trimy sizes 5-8, $2.25 sizes 8^ toll ......$2-75* sizes IIV2 to 2 .... $3.00 Brown, fancy trim, sizes 5 to 8 . . V....... $2.00 . SMITH Greeji St. McHenry »•»* •» * >t-» * •!• »!• fr* * * *>I«» Cigars and Cigarets All the leading brands can be secured here, allow us to always have a fresh stock. t KARLS' »'I1 »> '!• i- 'I' •!» 'I"l' » ing. Sold by Dr. J. E. Wheeler, West and Polly Prim, Saturday night. Leave There ain't no use of dym' poor when McHenry. 38-tf at Plaindealer office or Lucille Rosinsr. Round Lake. 35* FOR SALE--Choice building lots near _1! St. Mary's church. Prices $350 and LOST--Rosary, green beads, at the up. Inquire of William Bonslett, own- K. C. Hall last Thursday night. Finder. Phone 124-J. 27-tf-er please call 616-R-l.. 35 PERSONALS Mrs. Peter Heimer wa* a Chicago passenger Wednesday. Miss Eleanore Phalin spent Mpnday and Tuesday in Chicago. Roy Kent spent Monday, Tues,day and Wednesday in Chicago. Charles Ferwerda of Champaign spent a few days this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferwerda. Frahk Thompson and Paul Kuester were business callers in Chicago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purvey and son, Jack, were Woodstock callers on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Goodell, Master Warren Jones and Miss Ethel Jones were guests of Chicago relatives Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Stenger and , little son, Jack, and T. J. Stahl of Washington. , .ess u transiting | Waukegan visited friends here Wedthe Panama canal during the past year j negday Sets New Record for Panama Canal Cargoes established a new record for quantity of cargoes, according to a report received by the War department from thv? Panama canal zone. During the calendar year 1926, there were 27,- 5S6.051 long tons of cargo carried in the vessels which passed through the canal. This was an Increase of 16.4 per cent over the cargo tonnage of tbe previous year and the largest of any twelve-month period aince the opening of the canal. The previous fcigh record was 26.- 994,710 tons in 1924. There were 5.420 commercial vessels pacing through the canal last year, paying $28,901,- 540.04 in tolls. During the month -of December, 108 tank ships transited the canal with aa aggregate tonnage of 587,370 00 which tolls of $510,032.0:1 were collected. In point, of tonnage, tanker traffic for Mrs. W. E., Carey, Miss Florence Carey and Mrs. Thomas Doherty and little son, of Ringwood, were'Harvard visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Fitzgerald of Crystal Lake spent Sunday evening in the Frank Thompson home on the Crystal Lake road. Miss Mabel Allen, Josephine and Elizabeth Purvey of Crystal Lake and Miss Stasia Gannon of Woodstock attended the Catholic Daughters of America banquet at Justen's hotel Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buckland are making their home with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron for several months. Mr. Buckland is in charge of the work on the bridge across the mill pond. Albert Lalinger of the Crystal Lake bakery returned from Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday. His brother, who has been managing the business Domino Club The Domino club met at^ the home all that we've got to do is lure th< motorists to pause and stop and buy a bottle of our pop. With money rollin by our door I'll never need to work no more, I'll set Sary Jane up in biz and add the profits up, gee whiz! It sometimes happens that a pedestrian, starting with the green light. of Mrs. T. W. Winkle on Thursday i does not get across the street before of last week at which time the mem-'the light changes to red, and what beys spent a pleasant afternoon. The we should like to know is this, is it first prize for high score at dominoes was won by Mrs. Henry Meyers, second prise by Mrs. T. W. Winkle, third prize by Mrs. M. Worts and the consolation by Mrs. Elizabeth Rothermel. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the hoige of Mrs. M. Worts. perfectly legal in that case for the motorist to run over him. Card Party at Church Hall The card party, which was held at St. Mary's church hall on Sunday evening, was very well attended with about thirty tables of cards being in j in*?s plajf At five hundred the first prize was won by Mrs. Josephine Heimer and second prize by Mrs. N. E. Barbian. 'At bunco, first prize was WOIJ by Mrs. Mat Bowers and second prize by Elvina Steindoerf&r. Lunch was served. An old fashioned mother with a modern flapper daughter wrote to the "know it all specialist" of an Illinois paper and asked him, "What can I «1<> to stop my daughter from crossing her knees in public and attracting so much attention?" The answer that appeared in the paper a few days later was, "Make her wear bloomers and cotton stock- Jolly Sixteen Card Club The members of the Jolly Sixteen Card club were pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rothermel on Wednesday afternoon. Five hundred furnished entertainment for the guests with first prize going to Mrs. A. Krause, second prize to Mrs. J. C. Bickler and third prize to Mrs. George Schreiner. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs* Geo. Bohr. Now that the world has been made safe ?or democracy another war may have to be fought to make .it saf( from military autocracy. fiSfw*-' jgo; parks, George Van Lent, Chicago; pnblic health, Lowell B. Mason, Oak Park; public utilities, Harry (J. Wright, DeKalb; railroads, Martin BBailey. Danville: congressional reapportionment, H. S. Hicks, Rockford; senatorial reapportionment, Harry Wilson, Pinckneyville; revenue and finance, Mart|n R. Carlson, Moling: roads, E. D. Telford, Salem : rules, Charles H. Thompson, Harrisburg; state university and normal schools. Roy C. Woods. Chicago; to visit educational institutions. Rpy C. Woods Chicago; to visit penal and reformatory institutions, Randolph Boyd, Gnlva; to visit state and charitable institutions, Florence E. Bohrer, Bloomlngton. v ' Clyde Level, seventeen, hanged himself in the basement of his home In Silvis. His parents stated that they were at a loss to determine tbe cans- • of the suicide. The Illinois house of representatives passed the Schnackenberg bill, for I four-year terms for Chicago aldermen , by a vote of 130 to r>. The measure still has "to go through the senate :;n<^ by February 17, at the very latest, it must be signed and ready for puUiicn- . ti<m in order to place the question in refereadtuu at the February 22 eleo* tlon. -i.:. December showed an increase of ap-» during his absence has returned to proximately 4 per cent over the same his duties in Chicago. traffic for the corresponding qponth a i Those from out of town who atyear ago. ; tended the funeral of Albert Kunz Tank ships comprised 20.3 per cent on Tuesday were: Jlr. and Mrs. Matof the total commercial transits of the ; thew Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Albert canal during the month, making up ap- ! Hagel, Hilda Weber of Evanston, Mr. proximately-27.5 per cent of tbe total I and Mrs. August Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eiter and family, Mrs. Charles Schmidt, Miss Mary Wirth and Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hart of Chicago. Mr, and Mrs. M. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund of Spring net tonnage. The tankers were the source of 28.5 per pent of the total tolls collected and carried approximately 25.6 per cent of the total cargo in transit through the canal. 4,000 Defendants in Title Suit Pekin, 111.--Four thousand defendants are named by 10 complainants in a suit brought here to qTiit title to a tract of 4,400 acres of land in the Spring Lake Drainage district. Tbzpwell county. Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Mat Freund of Sd^on Mills. -> * Kdls Mmonty Tax Cut Move Washington --Efforts to force a tax reduction at this session collapsed when Vice President Dawes ruled out of order the 10 per cent flat income tax cut amendment to the deficiency bill pending in the senate proposed by Senator Reed (Dem., Mo.). Lunch Box Closes Lainch Box, at the corner of Green and Waukegan streets, which has furnished delicious lunches fos the school students for several months I past, was closed by the proprietor, j Mrs. P. J. Heimer, on Monday of this jweek. Mrs. Heimer has already made 1 arrangements to take ; over Birch's j hotel, where she will have charge of the restaurant and rooms. She plans to opeja her new place aboot March 12. < V Keep your head cool--your feet warm'--your mind busy. Don't worry over trifles. Plan your work ahead and then stick to it--rain or shine. Don't waste your sympathy on yourself. If you are a gem someone will fine! you. 1 WANTED • . --mm to buy POULTRY CHICKENS, DUCKS AND GEESE. PREVAILING MARKET PRICES v • Frett's Market Phone 3 West McHenry f Do you remember way back when the only scantily clad women on the streets were those who had just escaped from a burning building. ^ TERRA COTTA Royal Entertainers The Royal Entertainers met at the home of Mrs. H. L. Ritter on Thursday of last week. A pleasant evening were passed at cards and the winders were: first prize, Mrs. Fred Schneider; second prize, Mrs. R. Frisby; third prize, Mrs. Jesse Wormley, and fourth prize, Mrs. Mat Freund. Delicious refreshments were served. The next meetingSjnll be at the home <4 Mrs. T. W. Winkle. Five Hufttfred Clnb Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schaefer entertained the members of the Five Hundred club at jtheir home, Friday evening. Th®.evening was pleasantly spent at five hundred and after several games were played it was found that high honors were held by Mrs. Jacob Schaefer and Mat Steffes. A delicious supper was served at the close of a pleasant evening. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrsl Mat Steffes. Mr. aitd Mrs. Thomas Phalin announce the birth of a son, Sunday, Jan. 30. Harold and Vernon Knox were callers in Woodstock Sunda*y evening. Miss LaNette Covalt of Crystal Lake spent Tuesday with Miss Aliee Leisner. Mrs. Wagner of McHenry spent ft couple of days this week at the home of Thomas Phalin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McMillan were guests of ,their daughter, Mrs. J; S. Lynott, at Wheaton, Saturday and Sunday. Miss Flrrence Knox attended the D. of A. installation and banquet m McHenry Sunday. Eugene Leisner of Chicago visited relatives here Sunday. The residence of Max Schaenknecht was totally destroyed by fire Friday evening. The fire had gained such headway that by the time neighbors arrived it. was impossible to save anything. The following pupils of the Terra Cotta school were on the January honor roll: Viola Maynard, Myrtle Huffman, Alice McMillan, Ruth McMillan, Ruth Anderson, Marie Knox •wltff-'toiifi Sell River Lots Kent & Company report the sale of Ceolidge Signs Post Office Bill ] I two lots on River Bend, north of Washington--The$894,000,000 treas- Grass lake, this week, to A/3. Watory and post office bill, including 'son of Chicago, who intends building for prohibition enforcement* j®" them as soon as weather cop.jiitvM dgned by President Coolldge. j tions perlnit. Bridge Club Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schneider pleasantly entertained the members of the Bridge club at their home Saturday [and Phyllis Huffman, evening. Several games of bridgewere played and high honors were won by Mrs. H. C. Hughes and Henry Stephenson. A delicious two course, luncheon was served at the close of a pleasant evening. • - Moth era's Club The Mother's club will- meet' at Ae home of Mrs. E. E. Bassett at 2^a€ o'clock, Friday afternoon. ' -- 1 Plaindealers at Bolgen Telephone Office Changes T~ Miss Lillian Stilling returned to her work at the local telephone exchange this week, after an absence of several months due to illness, and Miss Villa Rothermel the chief operator, is still confined to her home with illness. Miss Pamela Rietesel resigned her position as clerk at the office to accept a position in Chicago. Her place as clerk will be filled by Miss Gfeeta Chamberlin. ; - to Sweethearts A St. Valeting's Day gift that will make he* envied by all her friends, would be one of our Valentine boxes of high grade candies. Place your order now and we will hold it for yoa until February 19. ^ UNTI BROS.